WRITER

Jokha Alharthi

1978 - Today

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Jokha Alharthi (Arabic: جوخة الحارثي), also spelt al-Harthi, is an Omani writer and academic, known for winning the Man Booker International Prize in 2019 for her novel Sayyidat al-Qamar (Arabic: سيدات القمر), published in English under the title Celestial Bodies. Alharthi is the first Arab author to win the Man Booker International Prize. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jokha Alharthi has received more than 47,930 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Jokha Alharthi is the 6,962nd most popular writer (down from 6,303rd in 2019), the 14th most popular biography from Oman (down from 9th in 2019) and the most popular Omani Writer.

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  • 48k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.46

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.82

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.07

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jokha Alharthi ranks 6,962 out of 7,302. Before her are Roland Schimmelpfennig, Kunzang Choden, Màrius Serra, Gayle Forman, Claudia Amengual, and Giorgio A. Tsoukalos. After her are Jorge Volpi, Dennis Potter, Kate DiCamillo, Kauksi Ülle, Lauren Kate, and Tetiana Chornovol.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1978, Jokha Alharthi ranks 561. Before her are Souleymane Diawara, Madita, Hannu Manninen, Shen Xue, Giorgio A. Tsoukalos, and François Modesto. After her are André Macanga, Bruno Cheyrou, David Hodges, Jorge Wagner, Dmitri Dyuzhev, and Fu Mingxia.

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In Oman

Among people born in Oman, Jokha Alharthi ranks 14 out of 18. Before her are Isla Fisher (1976), Said bin Ahmad (1800), Hamad bin Thuwaini of Zanzibar (1857), Salim bin Thuwaini (1845), Ali bin Said of Zanzibar (1854), and Ali Al-Habsi (1981). After her are Amad Al-Hosni (1984), Ahmed Mubarak Al-Mahaijri (1985), Barakat Al-Harthi (1988), Muhsen Al-Ghassani (1997), Sneha Ullal (1987), and Issa Al-Adawi (1999).

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Among WRITERS In Oman

Among writers born in Oman, Jokha Alharthi ranks 1. 

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